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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1950
Page
6
Dagwood faces Mr Dithers in a humorous Sunday strip in Puck The Comic Weekly. Blondie appears in a color weekly with two big sections and the Sunday Light feature.
Josefina Montelongo, hospitalized this week, is set to learn she and her father are the lone survivors of a Christmas Eve fire that killed her mother and six siblings. A New Braunfels delegation delivered $30 in small bills to aid her, while neighbor Joe Zimmerte collects clothing for the family and others donate items from New York. Montelongo improves from critical burns.
A 1949 San Antonio overview outlines how Bexar County juries and district attorneys handled murder cases. It notes frequent use of murder without malice and the rarity of death sentences while detailing grand jury actions, indictments, reductions, and dismissals across multiple outcomes. The piece frames Texas law as frontier justice with self defense and officer killings sometimes excused.
A fragmented dialogue imagines Ava as a glamorous police figure in a film world. It envisions a future where female officers redefine law enforcement with flirtatious bravado and dramatic theatrics, suggesting media impact on policing and crime narratives.
In Elmendorf a groom to be may be at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a car theft and a pursuit by Deputies Jack Young and Sam Sanders. The intended bride allegedly fled with the vehicle. deputies learned two names she used as they worked the case. The groom allegedly told officers the woman took his car and drove away after an argument.
Police report that in the 1000 block of Melvaine an elderly man fired a sling shot at a child. Brickey, 7, was struck on the head. The man was named as the culprit by Kenneth Gordon. He told officers neighbors had been pestering him and he acted to protect himself. He was cautioned to contact police next time.
About Darry Zanuck casting Hat Nowe as a killer in Rawhide with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward. Susan Hayward to be honored by The Exhibitor for My Foolish Heart. Gladys Robinson hosts a party with Edward G Robinson, Bogart, Bacall, Fontaine and others. Dan Dailey plans Sunset Strip restaurant with his brother Ben. Parsons reports from Hollywood society and industry notes.
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